Western stakeholders are increasingly demanding that multinationals sourcing from
developing countries be accountable for labor rights and working conditions upstream in …

This paper examines how far the workplace inspection program established under the 2013
Accord on Fire and Building Safety has served to improve safety in Bangladesh garment …

This article reports the findings of a field study on the emergence of collective agreements
led by global brands enacting compliance measures to improve safety and working …

More than half of private sector employees in the developing world do not receive legally
mandated labor benefits. These regulations have typically been enacted by democratically …

The growth of outsourcing in apparel manufacturing has raised concerns about increasingly
exploitative working conditions. Given the failure of existing enforcement mechanisms, we …

With supply chains now extending into developing countries, time and again, working
conditions in supplier factories have been found to be unsafe. In this study, we focus on …

This article examines several noteworthy initiatives that were implemented following the
deadly 2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. They broke new ground in transnational …

If enacted, the language Corker is objecting to would only permit the department to source
garments from suppliers participating in the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in …

The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, led external
stakeholders to insist on higher labor standards in apparel global value chains (GVCs) …

This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards
within global supply chains. Using unique data (internal audit reports and access to more …